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11Air Force Satellite Control Network — The Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non DoD satellites. This involves continual execution of the tasks involved …
122007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test — The 2007 Chinese anti satellite missile test was conducted by China on January 11, 2007. A Chinese weather satellite the FY 1C polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at an altitude of convert|865|km|mi, with a mass of 750 kg [cite news |… …
13Transit (satellite) — Transit 2A with GRAB 1 atop during launch preparations The TRANSIT system, also known as NAVSAT (for Navy Navigation Satellite System), was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The system was primarily used by the U.S.… …
14Mission control center — Not to be confused with Mission Control Centre (Cospas Sarsat). The International Space Station control room at NASA s Mission Control Center. A mission control center (MCC) is an entity that manages aerospace vehicle flights, usually from the… …
15Communications satellite — A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to COMSAT) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications. Modern communications satellites use a variety of orbits including geostationary orbits, Molniya… …
16OFEQ (Horizon) Satellite — A long term project intended to provide Israel with an independent space satellite capability. The pace of research and development associated with OFEQ was accelerated in the early 1990s in the context of the reported refusal of the United… …
17Marshall Space Flight Center — George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Aerial view of the test area at MSFC …
18Ames Research Center — Ames Research Center …
19NASA Ames Research Center — (ARC) is a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield, which covers 43 acres at the borders of the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale in California. This research center is most commonly called NASA Ames. The current NASA Ames Center… …
20German Aerospace Center — Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. Established 1969 Headquarters Köln Porz Administrator Johann Dietrich Wörner …
